... Follistatin (FS) is a glycoprotein structurally unrelated to the activins and inhibins Due to its high binding affinity to activin, FS binds to and neutralizes the bioactivity of activin on the ... C domain is the DNA-binding domain, which consists of two zinc-finger-like motifs The D domain is a variable hinge The multifunctional C-terminal (domain E) is the ligand-dependent domain (LBD), ... 115 4.3 Calcineurin is involvedin GnRH-stimulated human αGSU promoter activity 122 4.4 The role of calcineurin in GnRH-mediated derepression of the FSHβ gene in the immature...
... consists of a cocktail of firstline drugs including intensive phase treatment of months of isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RIF), pyrazinamide (PZA), ethambutol (EMB) and a subsequent continuation ... roles in INH resistance remains unascertained in a large proportion of these genes (119) Approximately 10-25% of INHR strains not contain mutations in any of the known gene targets for INH resistance, ... first-line anti-TB drugs INH and RIF (102); XDR-TB as M tuberculosis strains resistant to fluoroquinolone and to any of the three injectable drugs (capreomycin, kanamycin and amikacin) in addition...
... amino-terminal extracellular Wnt binding domain and the 18 19 carboxy-terminal PDZ-binding domain of the Fz protein are known to be essential for Fz function Deletion of the PDZ-binding domain ... GSK3β is a serine/threonine kinase involvedin insulin, growth factor and Wnt signalling In the absence of Wnt signalling, GSK3β is recruited to the APC complex via interaction with Axin, where it ... have been implicated in this process In chick, gain -of- function experiments (by transplantation of neural plate tissue or implantation of beads containing proteins of interest into the non-neural...
... • • • Minimizing lateness/tardiness Minimizing makespan Maximizing system/machine utilization Minimizing WIP (work in process) Maximizing throughput Minimizing average flow time Minimizing maximum ... routings A routing is selected such that the following goals are achieved: • Minimizing number of blocked machines • Minimizing total processing time • Minimizing number of processing steps Four ... per number of remaining operations Ratio of slack to remaining operation time Shortest number in queue Shortest processing time Shortest remaining processing time Shortest total processing time...
... using the Tamino software (from Software AG— www.softwareag.com) Among other things, Tamino provides X-Studio, which is a complete suite ofapplication development tools for creating XMLbased applications ... filtering away irrelevant and unwanted information, and integrating information from heterogeneous information sources In order to execute tasks on behalf of a business process, computer application, ... behalf of human users to perform laborious and routine tasks such as locating and accessing necessary information, resolving inconsistencies in the Knowledge and Process Management retrieved information,...
... the extensive IND recordkeeping regulations: FDA review of information provided to individual recipients of IND drugs, medical monitoring and reporting of the use of such drugs, information about ... manifestation of a continuing dependent relationship that involves three types of interactions: licensing CBW drugs and biologics, especially vaccines; using Investigational New Drugsin military ... immunization of at-risk troops, whereas drugs are useful mainly in immediate pretreatment against certain chemical agents Introduction and in treating exposed troops Finally, vaccine development...
... obtained indicate that, although the substrate-binding site is located in the C-terminal domain, the E coli Pta N-terminal domain is involvedin stabilization of the hexameric native structure, in ... containing the last 326 amino acids in the case of Pta-F1, the last 352 amino acids in the case of Pta-F2, and the last 470 amino acids in the case of Pta-F3 (Fig 2) PCR reactions performed in ... domain Taking into account the important role of Ptas, the results obtained in the present work, dissecting the different domains forming E coli Pta, will help in the future manipulation of these...
... irradiating each of the anomeric signals in turn to obtain the H chemicals shifts of the corresponding remaining ring protons Again, assignment of the Kdo residue was possible from examination of ... orientation of submitted sequences Within lgt3 Within lgt2 Within lgt1 R R F Within Within Within Within Within F R R F R lgt5 lgt2 lgt1 lgt22951 lgt4 Within lgt1 Within lgt4 Within lgt4 Within lgt4 ... Transformation of strain 2951 resulted in recombination within lgt5 and lgt1, resulting in deletion of lgt4 and disruption of lgt1 (C) Construction of plasmid for mutation of lgt5 and deletion of lgt4:...
... displaying two putative splice variants [Fig 2] Expression of fucokinase cDNAs The two splice variants of fucokinase were subcloned into the XbaI site of a pQM vector containing a C-terminal E2-Tag/A ... variants of L-fucokinase The long splice variant of L-fucokinase consisted of 3270 bp, encoding a protein of 1090 amino acids The sequence of the shorter cDNA was similar to the sequence of the IMAGE ... alternative splicing maintains the reading frame along the entire protein, therefore the protein variants are identical in the amino-terminal end up to the alternative splice area, in addition to...
... quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding Anal Biochem 72, 248–254 Laemmli UK (1970) Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of ... provide insight regarding the mechanism, the substrate binding site and the role of the metal cofactor in the enzyme Results Cloning, expression and purification of BphH The bphH gene was inserted into ... p.p.m Extinction coefficients of HPDA and substituted HPDA were determined by adding XylE and TodF stepwise to solutions containing known amounts of catechol and determining the resulting UV absorbance...
... “Endogenous circadian rhythm in an index of cardiac vulnerability independent of changes in behavior,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 101, no ... shift (horizontal dashed lines in bottom panels of (a) and (b)) was obtained as the average of instantaneous BFV-BPV phase shifts during the entire 5-min supine baseline (c) Phase shifts between ... review previous applications of MMPF in clinical studies [15, 16], in which the ability and reliability of the method in assessing the CA from spontaneous BPBFV fluctuations during resting conditions...
... molecules in lung inflammation, was down-regulated in EC treated with Syk small interfering RNA, or Syk inhibitor piceatannol We propose that Syk is involvedin signaling pathways induced by integrin ... dependent manner in the recruitment of inflammatory cells, particularly neutrophils, into the airway Syk Tyrosine Kinase Participates in 1 Integrin Signaling and Inflammatory Responses in Airway Epithelial ... a 3-fold increase in IFN␥-induced mRNA expression Crosslinking of CD28 on eosinophils induced IFN␥ release with autocrine effects, leading to tryptophan catabolism to KYN Co-culture of T cells...
... prominence and influence in the network The aim of this study was to examine the connectedness in a newly established regional ParkinsonNet of health professionals involvedin the treatment of ... person was involvedin professional contacts so far Knowing each other was defined in the questionnaire as ‘knowing the face, having talked to each with other, or having heard of. ’ Having professional ... reach in a specific number of steps in the network of in/ outgoing connections Betweenness centrality Number of pathways in the network in which an individual is in between’ of two other individuals...
... damage in the area AExamples of damage caused by larval feeding in internode basal area B - Length of the basal internode ring (LIBR) LIBR measurement on one side of the internode (arrow in red), ... During development, internodal cells undergo rapid elongation and the pulvinus line develops from the remains of the intercalary meristem at the base of the internode [22] The trait recorded in ... consisted of acetotrinile (Solvent A) and trifluoroacetic acid (0.05%) in water (solvent B) delivered in the following gradient conditions: initial A: B ratio of 10:90, changing to 30:70 in 3.5 min,...
... reduction in sneezing in patients with intrinsic rhinitis Our findings might indicate an important role of acetylcholine as a relevant neurotransmitter in the sneezing reflex Most of our patients ... al [16] obtained an average decrease in rhinorrhea of 41% in dogs' experimentally induced rhinorrhea One out of four dogs even showed an increase in secretion Own results in adult guinea pigs nasal ... way of its action in the nose has been postulated to be the inhibition of the release of acetylcholine from the pre-ganglion cholinergic nerve endings in the nasal mucosa, the inhibition of the...
... (GAMYB), the barley leucine zippers and (BLZ1, BLZ2), and the barley prolamin box binding factor Page of 11 (BPBF) that were shown to be involvedin the transcription of B-hordeins encoded by the ... subgroup indicating footprints of selection on BLZ1, BLZ2 and BPBF However, selection might act in different ways: In case of BLZ2 selection resulted in the accumulation of a large number of low ... However, individual r2 values sharply decreased to r2
... stress per se In another study the expression of 150 genes in response to wounding and insect feeding was carried out [58], finding that some of the responding genes, for which the inducing stimulus ... stresses in sunflower Among them, many genes potentially encoding components involvedin photosynthesis, such as photosystem proteins, chlorophyllbinding proteins, Rubisco and light harvesting proteins ... protein specifically induced under chilling treatment The large amount of TFs identified in Arabidopsis, indicating the complexity in the secondary metabolism of the plants [82], could explain...